Butter cutter



.Marx 20, 1923. 1,448,938.'

R. E. PARROTT.

BUTTER CUTTER;

FILED SEPLT. 1921.

Patented Mar. 20, 1923.

ROSE E. PARBOTT, OF MOCALLSBURG, IOWA. Y

BUTTER CUTTER.

application mee september 7, 192i. seriai naaeaooa.

To all whom z't may concern:

Be it known that I, 'Rose E. Paniior'r, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of McCallsburg, in the county of Story and State of Iowa,have invented a certain new and useful Butter Cutter, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The.v object of my invention is to provide a device of simple, durableand inexpensive construction adapted to receive a brick of I butter, andprovided with means whereby the said brick of butter may be cut intosmall sections such as are commonly used on individual butter plates inrestaurants.

More specifically', it is the object of my invention to provide acontainer for receiving the brick of butter, the said container beingprovided with guide slots so arranged that suitable cutters may beinserted for cutting the brick into small sect-ions by comparatively afew number of operations, the container being so arranged that the smallsections of butter may be removed as wanted for use.

These and other vobjects will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combinationof the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated areattained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims,and illustrated in the accompany. ing drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved container with one cornerbroken away to show the manner in which the small cakes of butter arearranged within the container after they have been cut.

Figure 2 is an inverted view of the container showing the manner inwhichthe cutting devices are used in connection there with.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of one of the cutters.

Figure 4 is a detail perspective view of a section of the cutters shownin Figure 2.

My improved apparatus comprises a rectangular container or box 10 whichis of such a size that a pound cake or brick of butter may be easilyplaced therein, the bricks being of the size and shape as ordinarilyproduced by the creameries.

The container 10 is provided with a bottom 11, end members 12 and sidemembers 13. One of the side members 13 is provided at its upper edgewith a hinged cover 14.

The said cover is provided at' its free edge with a downwardly extendingflange 15, and its ends provided with downwardly* and curved flanges 16,the flange l5 being designed to extend over the upper edge of theopposite side member from which the' cover is hinged, and the flanges 16designed to extend overthe outside of the end members 12 when the coveris in its closed position.

'llhe flange 15 is provided with a pivoted fastener plate 17 having anopening 18. rilhis opening 18 is designed to receive a lug 19 which issecured to the outside of the front side member'l. This. lug is providedwith an opening 20 which is designed to receive a hook portion 21 of thepivoted member 22. This provides means whereby the cover may besecuredin its closed posi tion when s o desired.

The bottom of the container 11 is provided with a series of parallel andtransversely arranged slots 23, which are spaced apart a distance equalto the thickness of the small cakes ofl butter which is to be formed,and of a length equal to the width of the container l0, as clearly shownin Figure 2.

The cover member 14 is provided'with a longitudinal slot 24 placedmidway between the hinged portion and the flange 15, and of a lengthequal to said cover. The front side member 13 is also provided with aslot 25 midway between the top and bottom edge of said member, and of alength equal to its Y length.

For cutting the brick of butter longitudinally, I have provided a cutter26, clearly shown in Figure 3. This cutter comprises substantially arectangular blade having a sharp cutting edge 27, and a handlesupporting member 28 at its' opposite edge, said member being designedto receive a handle 29, the said handle 29 being of such length anddiameter that may be easily grasped in thepalm of the operators handwith the member 28 between the second and third fingers.

After the brick of butter has been placed in the container and the cover14 ciosed and iock'ed in position, the cutting edge 27 of the blade 26may be placed in the slot 24 and forced downwardly until the cutter edge27 strikes the bottom of the container. rllie container may'then berotated Until it rests on its back side. rlfhis will leave the slot 25in an uppermost position.

rllhe blade 2G may then be forced through the slot 25 and a longitudinalcut made through the brick at right angles to the irst longitudinal cut.The blade 26 should always be dipped in cold water between eachoperation.

For making the transverse cuts, I have provided a tool comprising a basemember 30, having flange reinforcing members 31 at each edge, and of alength equal to the length of the container 10.

This base member 30 is provided with a series of parallel and laterallyextending plates 32, some of which are clearly shown in Figure 4. Theseplates are spaced apart a distance equal to the spacing of the slots 23,the width of the plates being substantially equal to the length ofxsaidslot, and the depth of the cutters -being slightly greater than thedepth of the container 10 and having their lower edge sharpened.

A bracket 33 is provided which is attached to a handle 34. The container10 is placed in an inverted position with the bottom 11 uppermost, afterwhich the cutting edges of the plates 32 are inserted in the slots 23,as clearly shown in Figure 2, and the handle 34 is then pusheddownwardly, which will causel the brick of butter to be cut in a seriesof transverse cakes. The cutter 30 may then be removed and the containerturned to its upright position, after which the fastener 18 may bereleased and the cove-r 1l moved to an opened position. The brick ofbutter will then be formed into a series of transverse cakes, each oiwhich is divided into four other cakes, caused 'by the longitudinalcuts, as clearly shown in Figure 1. Any number of these cakes may thenbe removed as wanted, or the container may be inverted and the Wholenumber of cakes emptied on a table or any suitable. receptacle. Thecutter 30 should also be dipped in water before it is placeddn theoperative position.

By this arrangement, it will be seen that I have provided a container inwhich may One advantage of my device lies in the fact that the containeris of such a size that it will just receive a brick of butter. When thecutters are ope-rated, the sides of said container will serve to retainthe rectangular outline of the small cakes, which will be of uniformshape and size. rl`his also provides means whereby the number of cakesof butter obtained from the single brick may be predetermined;

Another advantage of my apparatus lies in the :tact that a brick ot'butter may be cut into a number of small cakes by comparatively a fewnumber of operations, and

when so out will be accurate in size and shape. -Y

I claim as my invention: 1. A rectangular container having one sideadapted to be opened so that a brick of butter may be placed in saidcontainer, the bot.-

tom ot said container being provided with a vseries of parallel andtransversely arranged slots. and one of said sides being provided witha-longitudinally arranged slot. substantially as described and for thepurposes Stated. K

2. A container having a bottom. side and end members. a cover member,said bottom member being provided with equally spaced and parallelslots` one ot' said side members and said cover member being providedwith a. longitudinal slot.

3. A rectangular container having a bottom, parallel sides and parallelends and a hinged cover. the said bottom being pro vided with a seriesof equally spaced parallel and transversely1 arrangedislots, one of thesaid side members being provided with a central and longitudinal slot,said top member also being provided with a central and longitudinalslot, and means for fastening said cover in a closed position.

4. A container having a bottom, side and end members, a cover member,said bottom member being provided with equally spaced and parallelslots.l extended to points slightly'spaced from the side members, one ofsaid side members and said cover member being provided with alongitudinal slot ex.

